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Admiral Keppel Triumphant
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A song about Admiral Keppel battling the French
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Auld Lang Syne
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A song celebrating happiness in the past.
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Ayont Yon Mountain That Looks Sae Green
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man wants to provide for his Bonnie O.
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Barrochan Jean
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Barrochan Jean ceases after causing famine and death.
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Begone Dull Care
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man shrugs off his cares and lives his life with his wife.
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Black-Eyed Susan
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A woman is sad to see her lover set sail.
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Corporal Casey
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A soldier continues on after the death of his corporal
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Dialogue between Death and a Sinner
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Conversation between Death and a sinner; Ladies and Gentlemen, it is true that some trades are flourishing while others are in a state of starvation. The bearers are, and have been out of employment a considerable time, and they offer these few verses for sale, hoping that you will become purchasers.
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From the Court to the Kitty
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man seeks to retire from the city to the country.
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Gloomy Winter's Now Awa'
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man enjoys spring with his lover.
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Heaving of the Lead
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Sailors celebrate coming home by firing their cannons.
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Hey Bonnie Lass Blink Over the Burn
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man tries to woo a woman.
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Hurrah for the Postman the Great Roland Hill.
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A song praising the postmen.
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Kitty of Coleraine
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man and woman kiss in the field
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Mary of Castle-Cary
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man falls in love with a beautiful Scottish woman.
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Mary's Dream
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Grieving Mary is visited by her dead love's ghost.
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My Marion, My Marion!
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A woman loves her young child.
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My Trim-Built Wherry
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A sailor hopes the news of his death will reach his lover.
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O Nanny
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man wants a woman to join him in the country.
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One Night Came on a Hurricane
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Two sailors are glad they are on the sea instead of on the shore during a hurricane.
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Ours the Strains Renowned in Story.
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A young couple enjoys their love together
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Paddy the Piper
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A boy plays the bagpipes after his intoxicated mentor falls off a bridge and drowns in the river.
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Poem on the Braemar Gathering
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Honoring the 14 September 1844 attendance of Queen Victoria to the Braemar Gathering (Games) in Scotland
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Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A married woman deceives a man into believing she is interested in him.
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Tak Your Auld Cloak About Ye
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man uses a worn coat to do his household duties in harsh weather.
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The Boatie Rows
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A woman marries a man and starts a family.
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The Braes A' Boon Bonaw
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man promises to take care of a woman if she would come home with him.
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The Braes O' Ballochmyle
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
The narrator is leaving the land he loves for good.
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The Burial of Sir John Moore
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Sir John Moore dies and is buried during the Peninsular War
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The Crook and Plaid
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A woman sings her lover's praises.
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The Flowers of the Forest
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
Women miss young men who have left
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The Left Him Alone in his Glory
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man gets drunk and is left alone to sleep on the streets.
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The Rose Tree
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man uses an analogy of a rose to describe being betrayed by a woman and then leaving her.
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Tugal McTagger
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A country woman is trying to elevate herself.
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When I was an Infant
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man as a child was groomed to be a soldier.
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Where the Bee Sucks
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
The narrator is part of the flower.
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Ye Mariners of England
Author Unknown and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A song about a ship and its flag surviving a storm.
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The Maid that Tends the Goats
Author Unknown; R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh); and Mrs. Kemble Theatre Royal
Music and lyrics
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Deacon Draff's Song
David Vedder and R.W. Hume, Leith (Edinburgh)
A man is happy as long as he does not have to pay taxes.
